Planetary Radio
Each week, Planetary Radio visits with a scientist, engineer, project manager, astronaut, advocate or writer who provides a unique and exciting perspective on the exploration of our solar system and beyond. We also showcase regular features that raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Host Mat Kaplan is joined by Planetary Society colleagues Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bruce Betts, and Emily Lakdawalla. We hit the road now and then to produce a Planetary Radio Live show in front of an audience. Drop us a line or enter the weekly space trivia contest at planetaryradio@planetary.org.
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Recent Shows
Conference on the Future of the American Space Program with Bill Nye
04/19/2010 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer
Bill Nye the Science Guy reports on last week's conference about the future of the US space program.
It's Mars Rover Opportunity, Only Smarter
04/12/2010 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Daniel Gaines, Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
It's Mars Rover Opportunity, Only Smarter
This is Global Astronomy Month
04/05/2010 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Mike Simmons, President, Astronomers Without Borders
This is Global Astronomy Month
Alan Stern: The Busiest Man in Space Exploration?
03/29/2010 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Alan Stern, New Horizons Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Alan Stern: The Busiest Man in Space Exploration?
Saving the Hubble Space Telescope in IMAX 3D
03/22/2010 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Toni Myers, producer/director
- Scott D. Altman, Astronaut
Saving the Hubble Space Telescope in IMAX 3D
Your Personal Photoshoot on Mars?
03/15/2010 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Alfred McEwen, Principal Investigator for HiRISE, University of Arizona
Your Personal Photoshoot on Mars?
Stephen Hawking Accepts the Cosmos Award
03/08/2010 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Stephen Hawking, physicist
Stephen Hawking Accepts the Cosmos Award
100 Millions Solar Systems Like Our Own?
03/01/2010 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Scott Gaudi, Astronomer
100 Millions Solar Systems Like Our Own?
Can Mirror Bees Save Our Planet?
02/22/2010 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Max Vasile, University of Glasgow
Can Mirror Bees Save Our Planet?
Buzz Aldrin and Andrew Chaikin on the Proposed NASA Budget
02/15/2010 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Andrew Chaikin, Author, Speaker, Space Historian
- Buzz Alrin, Apollo 11 Astronaut
Buzz Aldrin and Andrew Chaikin on the Proposed NASA Budget
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